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ABIDE WITH ME 



HENRY FRANCIS LYTE. 






DESIGNS BY MISS Li B. HUMPHREY. 



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LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS. 

NEW YORK: 

CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM. 

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mitit fa mt, an* 3 in van. Ss tTjc brand) cannot 

fcear fruit of itself, except it abioe fa tlje nine; no 
more can g£, except ge abioe tn me. — John xv. 4. 




BIDE with me! 

Fast falls the even-tide ; 
A s- firm, 

The darkness deepens ; 
Lord, with me abide ! 



HEN other help- 



ers fail, and comforts 



Help of the helpless, 





iWIFT to its close ebbs out life's 
little day, 
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away. 




in all around I see; 
O Thou who changest not, 
abide with me! 




,0T a brief glance I beg, a pass- 
ing word, 

But, as Thou dwell'st with Thy disciples, 
Lord, 

Familiar, condescending, patient, free, — 




Come, not to sojourn, 

but abide, with me ! 





as the King of kings ; 

But kind and good, with 

healing in Thy wings ; 




a heart for every plea ; 




Come, Friend of sinners, and thus bide 
with me ! 




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HOU on my 

head in early 

youth didst smile; 

And though rebellious 

and perverse meanwhile, 

Thou hast not left me, 

oft as I left Thee. 

On to the close, 

O Lord, abide 



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? NEED Thy presence every pass- 
ing- hour : 





Through cloud and sunshine, O, abide with 
me ! 





FEAR no foe, with Thee at hand 
to bless : 
Ills have no weight, and tears 
no bitterness : 




HERE is death's sting ? 
where, Grave, thy victory ? 
I triumph still, if Thou 

abide with me ! 




HOLD Thou thy cross before 

my closing eyes ! 
Shine through the gloom, and 
point me to the skies ! 
I Heaven's morning breaks, and 
earth's vain shadows flee ; 
In life and death, O Lord, abide with me ! 




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